Outreach
What's the biggest barrier to recruiting participants in to the Atlas HOPE program?
Trust
How do you find out what stability challenges participants are grappling with?
Formal assessment (i.e. the Foundational Assessment) and informal assessment (e.g. just talking to them)
Is a transitional job subsidized or unsubsidized?
Subsidized
What does CBI stand for?
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention
What was the first CVI program to hire credible messengers?
Cure Violence (formerly CeaseFire... but not "Project Ceasefire")
True or False: if a participant tells their Community Navigator they need help with housing, we have to enroll them in the program before we make a referral.
False, Community Navigators have up to 1 year to engage participants and one of the reasons for this is to be able to provide immediate services to help stabilize participants.
Googling a resource and giving the address to the participant is not enough. What are some of the things you need to know to make an effective referral?
Description of services, eligibility requirements (and how they make folks prove eligibility i.e. which documents), location, etc.
True or False: if participants are unwilling to stop smoking cannabis, that means we can't help them find a job.
False, it just means we need to identify a realistic goal
What is it called when you convey that the participant's feelings are valid?
Validation statements
To distinguish between intervention and prevention, CVI programs work with people at high risk of violence involvement within what timeframe?
The next two years.
What should you do if a participant gets in your car and you see they have a pound of cannabis in their backpack?
Let them know you won't be able to give them a ride unless they put that up somewhere.
What are the four parts of the PICT model for giving feedback?
Positive
Identify
Connect
Then
What is the relationship between CBI and transitional employment?
Transitional employment provides opportunities for participants to practice CBI skills.
What part of the session gives facilitators the choice to design an activity?
Creative Exercise
How much more likely were READI Chicago participants than the average Chicagoan to be involved in gun violence?
57
List three sources of information you can access to assess the safety of a community area before you go there.
Outreach intelligence
Violence dashboards
Citizen app
Google street view
Police data
What are the four parts of the GROW model of coaching?
Goal
Reality
Options
Will
When in a participant's 12 months in Atlas HOPE should we help them get a full-time job outside of the program?
Generally toward the end of their 12 months since our goal is to maximize how much CBI we give them.
What is the correct response to a mental safety threat?
Affirmation
READI Chicago participants recruited by Outreach Professionals were how much less likely to be arrested for a shooting or homicide?
(Your answer must be within 5%)
79%
List at least two characteristics of an individual that indicate they are at very high risk of gun violence involvement.
Survived a violent crime
Previously incarcerated on a gun-related case
Active member of a street group
Carries a gun
Instigates violence on social media
Put these things in the correct order:
Stability, Opportunity, Trust, Safety, Skills
1. Trust, 2. Safety, 3. Stability, 4. Skills, 5. Opportunity
How would you respond to a participant saying: "Why do y’all have us doing these stupid jobs Nobody wants to be out here picking up trash."
I know it can be frustrating to feel like you’re ready for more. This job is practice and a little bit of a test to see if you can get through the day each day and stay committed. All jobs, even your dream job, involve certain things you won’t want to do. Part of being successful is being able to work through that.
How many modules are in the CBI Curriculum?
14
What experimental design did the READI Chicago evaluation use?
A Randomized Control Trial (RCT)